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Finite Element Formulations of Incompressible Rubberlike Membrane Shells

Gruttmann, Friedrich; Taylor, Robert L.

UCB/SEMM-1990/07, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1990-06, 32 pages (500/C23/90/07)

The paper addresses the nonlinear analysis of thin walled membrane shells with arbitrary geometry (e.g.: the inflation of a rubber balloon).

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-90-07.pdf (10 MB)